iMouse: eye gesture control system

Abstract

The project is aimed towards the design of an open-source generic eye-gesture control system that can effectively track eye-movements and enable the user to perform actions mapped to specific eye movements/gestures. It detects the pupil from the user’s face and then tracks its movements. It needs to be accurate and real-time, so that the user is able to use it like other every-day devices with comfort. The Hardware for this project has to be cheap so everyone can afford and use it, thus a Microsoft LifeCam HD-6000 is used. The project is designed such that it can Control the mouse cursor of a computer for patients suffering from diseases that render movements from the neck down ineffective. It should not be difficult to operate and must be user friendly and allow for easy calibration so that everyone, despite their limited technical knowledge or disability, is able to use it easily. The project works on computers with Linux as an operating System (OS).